title: [Distal mesenteric arteritis: a rare complication of D. methylsergide treatment (author's transl)].
abstract: A patient developed typical abdominal angina due to mesenteric arteritis secondary to D. methylsergide (Desernil) treatment. Multiple regular distal stenoses were revealed by arteriography, but these had completely disappeared 5 months after discontinuing treatment. Histology demonstrated fibrosis of the three tunicae with hyperelastosis. Six analogous cases due to D. methylsergide or ergotamine tartrate have been reported in the published literature, rapid regression occurring in all of them after interruption of treatment.
mesh_terms: D001167:Arteritis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004878:Ergotamine; D004879:Ergotamines / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008784:Methysergide / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D004879:Ergotamines; D004878:Ergotamine; D008784:Methysergide
vernacular_title: Une artérite mésentérique distale. Complication rare du traitement par le D. méthylsergide.